In our report we noted the growing interest in malware Bitcoin miners: malware that hijacks computer resources to mine (create) Bitcoins without the victims’ knowledge. In the same vein, security maven Brian Krebs posted a blog about an affiliate program that pays its members to distr...

Bitcoin Phishing Campaign Hits Trusted Search Engines Tweet Monday, June 24, 2013 at 8:39am by Gary Davis Sometimes it pays to wait to see how new technologies play out. Such is the case with Bitcoin — a virtual currency which allows users to purchase goods over the Internet. While th...

Recently, we have seen AutoIt-compiled programs that drop malicious Bitcoin mining programs. The malware authors are using not only encrypted code but are also focusing on antianalysis code to bypass common analysis tools/systems used by security researchers. We have come across such ...